Nov. 4 Mental: I was looking for something on my blog
and I found this June 2009 post:
Mental: Today I was watching the drama Mental
about working at a mental hospital. I tuned into the first ep, it was
average. Then I checked out the David Carradine ep. Then I watched the one with
the kid who was playing a video game in his ep. They were alright. Today I
checked out an ep about this actor who has a mental breakdown on Talk Show
with Spike Feresten. Both shows are on FOX.
The ep "Roles of Engagement" was a really good ep. I was impressed. The actor admits 20 min. into the ep that he's faking it so he could get publicity for his new movie about being in a mental hospital. Later on, the truth is revealed that when he was 14 he moved to LA. He didn't know his father, and his mother left with her boyfriend. 6 months later, he is alone and he will be out on the street. His friend Rob tells him how to make money like $100 if he sleeps with women.
Then he doesn't want to, but he's desperate. Then he goes and learns that he will be sleeping with men. This guy was a male prostitute. Then he got his big break and became a successful actor. Now he is going to therapy. I was really touched by this ep.
The ep "Roles of Engagement" was a really good ep. I was impressed. The actor admits 20 min. into the ep that he's faking it so he could get publicity for his new movie about being in a mental hospital. Later on, the truth is revealed that when he was 14 he moved to LA. He didn't know his father, and his mother left with her boyfriend. 6 months later, he is alone and he will be out on the street. His friend Rob tells him how to make money like $100 if he sleeps with women.
Then he doesn't want to, but he's desperate. Then he goes and learns that he will be sleeping with men. This guy was a male prostitute. Then he got his big break and became a successful actor. Now he is going to therapy. I was really touched by this ep.
Tom MacMaster: What I was really looking for was this
June 2011 post: “Chimpanzee attack/ fake blog/ crazy news”:
Fake blog: I read this in the National
Post about a middle- aged guy named Tom MacMaster who's 42, and pretends
to be a Syrian lesbian on this blog. He pretends to be Amina Arraf and called
the blog "A Gay Girl in Damascus."
On BBC radio Good Morning Scotland,
MacMaster says he wants the information about what was happening in Syria.
He had regular contact with friends in Syria. The article says people are afraid that he endangered many people in Syria, and people had joined a Facebook group about her being "arrested" though she doesn't exist.
My take on it: At first I was like: "Damn, this guy's famous because of his blog. Or more like infamous now that it's fake." I want to be recognized for my writing. Well that's a pretty interesting character of a lesbian living in a oppressive country like Syria. Nobody likes to get played. This isn't as bad as the writer Stephen Glass who wrote all these fictional stories for the New Republic and made a lot of money off it and furthered his career.
He had regular contact with friends in Syria. The article says people are afraid that he endangered many people in Syria, and people had joined a Facebook group about her being "arrested" though she doesn't exist.
My take on it: At first I was like: "Damn, this guy's famous because of his blog. Or more like infamous now that it's fake." I want to be recognized for my writing. Well that's a pretty interesting character of a lesbian living in a oppressive country like Syria. Nobody likes to get played. This isn't as bad as the writer Stephen Glass who wrote all these fictional stories for the New Republic and made a lot of money off it and furthered his career.
My 2013 opinion: Now it’s been a couple of years
since that happened. I was going through
my envelope of newspaper clippings and found this. I decided to look in a little bit more and
found this article:
He says things like:
"I also had the thing that I like to write, and my own
vanity is ... if you want to compliment me, tell you like my writing ... That's
how to make me happy."
Nov. 8 Reading comparisons: I’m thinking a lot of my
friends and readers read my blog like how I read the newspaper. There are sections I don’t read in the
newspaper like: sports, cars, gardening, recipes and wine. Metro has recipes in their newspaper everyday
unlike 24 news.
I’m going to make a guess that none of my friends are interested
in reading about feng shui. Am I
right? If I’m right, then I’m
right. I only mention feng shui a little
here and there. Lol.
Today in the Metro there is this huge coverage about the
Canadian Finals Rodeo that I’m not interested in at all, so I skipped it.
Movies and friends: I was thinking about the times I
invited my friends to watch movies with me.
I’m not going to make anyone do something they don’t want to do. I remember in 2003, I asked my friend Leslie
if she wants to see the movie League of Extraordinary Gentlemen with me
and she said no because she’s not going to watch it for the 3rd
time. Lol. She worked at a movie theatre at that time. I
saw it by myself.
I remember in 2006 I invited my friend Sonia to watch the
scary movie Pulse with me. She
said no because she doesn’t like scary movies. I saw it by myself.
I remember in 2006, my friend Angela came over to my house
and I showed her the movie Hard Candy.
It’s a dark movie where a 14 yr old girl tortures a pedophile she met online. Angela watched the entire movie with me. It would be totally okay if I showed this
movie to her or any of my friends and they all said: “Let’s stop this movie
right now. I don’t want to watch anymore
of this torture- porn.”
I would understand and stop the movie. I would offer: “Do you want to know the
ending since you already saw half of it?”
Nov. 9 Feng shui: I was reading the Edmonton
Journal and there was an article called “If a room feels right, thank feng
shui” by Marta Gold on Nov. 8, 2013. Of course, I had to read it. Lol.
It talked to Kristen Proulx who is a feng shui consultant and co-owner
of Henry’s Purveyor of Fine Things. It’s
a nice store that sells home décor. I’ve
been there a few times. It also talked
to feng shui consultant Stephanie Gruss.
Reading it inspired me.
How? It said to eliminate clutter
and I’ve mentioned before most of my clutter is paper from my writing notes and
newspaper clippings. Well since June
2013, I took out my Rain script from my drawer and put it on my bedroom
floor so I had to look at it everyday. I
may not exactly write it everyday, but I will have to look at it.
Now it’s Nov. and I have written a little bit more. But I’m going to put it back in the drawer
because I’m so busy with work. The
restaurant is busy during the holiday season of Nov. 1-Dec. 31. I want to read the newspaper and write about
the articles I read in my blog.
Priorities: As much as I like to say I have finally
completed the Rain script, I have to put my priorities together. Work first.
It’s also winter, so I’m going to be spending more time shoveling
snow. I’m sure a lot of you people who
live in apartments are like: “That’s one of the best things about living in
apartments, you don’t have to shovel the snow on the walkway or sidewalk,
except the balcony.”
Nov. 10 Cathi Unsworth: I was reading in the Edmonton
Journal on Nov.8, 2013. The article
was “Meet Britain’s ‘queen of noir’” by Jamie Portman. She’s a big author, but she works 3 days jobs
to make ends meet.
In the Company of Men: I was reading in the Metro
about this old movie. It’s about 2
managers who wants to get revenge on women.
They decided to find a woman, and make her fall in love with both of
them, and then break her heart. They
pick on a deaf temp worker. I went on
imdb.com and then read the entire story of it on Wikipedia.
There was controversy as the movie was misogynistic. Maybe if it comes on TV, I’ll watch it.
Nov. 16 Paid blogging: Here’s something I haven’t
done in awhile, read an article that someone sent me through my blog. Olivia Lewis sent me this “15 Ways to Make
Money as a Mom Blogger.”
1. Review products for Amazon.com.
2. Use Adsense with your product reviews
3. Become an Expert
4. Blog about your life and experiences
5. Blog for others
6. Elance
7. Guru
8. Online spokesperson
9. Sponsored content
10. Craigslist
11. Get local
12. Share your knowledge
13. Use your creativity
14. Online consulting
15. Ask for donations
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